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6.2 a) Solar System
Lesson 1 - Matter in the Universe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Each body in the ______ ________ has its own characteristics and features. | solar system |
| Characteristics of objects within the solar system are determined by their _________________. | composition |
| The Sun is a _____. | star |
| Matter can be found as _____. | a solid, liquid, or gas |
| Matter is ______________ throughout the solar system. | distributed |
| What is the center of our solar system. | The sun |
| Everything in the universe is made of some form of _____. | matter |
| The solar system consists of _____. | the sun, planets, natural satellites, comets, asteroids, meteors |
| Matter is anything that has mass and ______. | volume (takes up space) |
| What object makes up most of the mass of our solar system? | The sun |
| Matter is only in our solar system. True or false | False |
| Mass is the measure of the amount of ____________ in an object. | Matter |
| The sun makes up ___% of all the mass of the solar system. | 99.85% |
| Planets, moon, comets make up most of the remaining matter. True or false | True |
| There is evidence of all three states of matter within our solar system. True or false | True |
| What conclusion can be drawn between a planet’s mass and the number of its moons. | Planets with more mass attract more moons. |